MPD's return is now confirmed by Channel 4 - April 22nd!
There will be twelve episodes in this series, airing on Fridays and Saturdays over six weeks, and it will now be filmed in HD.
Also this series, for the first time ever, one lucky player who beats the Drop in the online game will get the chance to take it on for real at the end of the series - interesting...
UPDATE: The first celebrity players have been confirmed - former cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff will take on the drop with his wife Rachel on the 22nd